---
name: "View from Above"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "CON"
set_name: "Conflux"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Howard Lyon"
oracle_id: "3a128587-c751-4b27-b608-d4e47646b80e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/view-from-above-con"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# View from Above
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control a white permanent, return View from Above to its owner's hand.

> *"This air feels so heavy and thick. There are no winds to speak of. I fear the knowledge that comes from a place like this."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vault Skyward](/printing/vault-skyward-som.md) — Instant
2. [Updraft](/printing/updraft-5ed.md) — Instant
3. [Zephyr Charge](/printing/zephyr-charge-m20.md) — Enchantment
4. [Jump](/printing/jump-2ed.md) — Instant
5. [Leap](/printing/leap-sth.md) — Instant
6. [Sky Weaver](/printing/sky-weaver-inv.md) — Creature — Metathran Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conflux (CON) #38
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Howard Lyon
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`